ISS sightings and its orbit

John Szalay wrote:

(Eugene Griessel) wrote in news:46af5e3d.7955337
:

John Szalay wrote:

BTW: Not knowing what part of Norway you are in, I used Oslo as a
viewing site and ran some predictions, and find that the highest you
can
expect ISS to be above the horz, is about 16 deg. but then I did't
run
a lot of passes. nor did I check the overlap on passes.

Yes - about right. I figure about 15 degrees 39 minutes, but am
taking Oslo at sea level - so perhaps a bit higher if on higher
ground. The furthest North it can be seen, from my calculations,
appears to be just over 70 degrees.


Eugene L Griessel

You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are.


Did a quick run using Oslo as the site and UTC
so I MAY have, and MOST LIKELY have overlooked something. BUT..

Looks like the next possible visible pass is 12th of Aug at 7:34PM UTC
17 deg above the horiz.

Latitude: 59.9333 N
Longitude: 10.6833 E
Elevation: 15 meters
Prepared: 31 JUL 2007 15:09:43 MST

Satellite Name: ISS Space Station
Catalog Number: 25544 98067A
Pass Type: Visible, MinAlt = 5 deg, MinHor = 3 deg
TLE Filename: VISUAL.TXT

-----------AOS----------- --MAX VISIBILITY-- ------LOS------
# MST Date & Time Azm MST Time Alt Azm MST Time Azm
Duration

26 12 AUG 07 19:29:41 246.7 19:34:04 17 183.2 19:38:27 119.3
VIS: 19:30:29 241.9 19:34:04 17 183.2 19:37:41 123.9
27 12 AUG 07 21:04:22 257.2 21:08:21 11 202.6 21:12:19 147.8
VIS: 21:05:16 250.1 21:08:21 11 202.6 21:09:06 187.7

Using your location criteria I get a fair pass for the 5th with a 16.1
degree elevation at 21:40:19 UTC. Another on the 6th at 20:28:23 with
an elevation of 13.3 degrees and another on the same day at 22:02:11
at 15.7 degree elevation. Your pass of the 12th seems to me will be
in eclipse before it reaches maximum elevation.

Eugene L Griessel

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever
turn it into a fact.

(Eugene Griessel) wrote in news:46b035e4.3902586
Using your location criteria I get a fair pass for the 5th with a 16.1
degree elevation at 21:40:19 UTC. Another on the 6th at 20:28:23 with
an elevation of 13.3 degrees and another on the same day at 22:02:11
at 15.7 degree elevation. Your pass of the 12th seems to me will be
in eclipse before it reaches maximum elevation.

Eugene L Griessel


ran it again, and it appears you are right on the 5th and 6th, but I still
show it good on the 12th. its right after sunset, so the might be rather
bright.
I'll check my times and stats and run it again..

Would be nice to know right where he is in Norway..